滞 — Chinese character
滞
zhì
to block, to obstruct; sluggish, stagnant
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 氵 带
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 带
- Traditional
- 滯
- Japanese
- 滞 as a kanji
Common words with 滞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停滞 (停滯) | tíng zhì | stagnation; at a standstill |
| 滞留 (滯留) | zhì liú | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, p |
| 滞后 (滯後) | zhì hòu | to lag behind |
| 停滞不前 (停滯不前) | tíng zhì bù qián | stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut |
| 阻滞 (阻滯) | zǔ zhì | to clog up; silted up |
| 迟滞 (遲滯) | chí zhì | delay; procrastination |
| 滞胀 (滯脹) | zhì zhàng | stagflation (i.e. simultaneous inflation and stagnation) |
| 滞销 (滯銷) | zhì xiāo | to sell poorly; unmarketable |
| 呆滞 (呆滯) | dāi zhì | dull; lifeless |
| 滞纳金 (滯納金) | zhì nà jīn | overdue fine; late fine |
| 气滞 (氣滯) | qì zhì | stagnation of 气 (qì) (TCM) |
| 凝滞 (凝滯) | níng zhì | to stagnate; to congeal |
English words written with 滞
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.